forex trading books are a standard item on the shelves of any new or experienced forex trader. Nowadays they also come in PDF form meaning that they can be stored on a hard drive as well as on the bookshelf. Forex books can contain lots of useful info but there’s also a danger of over investigating or being almost convinced to switch systems too frequently if we read too many of them. By ‘the basics’ here we don’t mean a system, but the terminology and principles behind the currency market – things that we need to grasp before we even start trying to trade. In many cases you can find this type of info for nothing either in a free ebook or on web sites, but be sure to cover it all before heading off to actual training. Most foreign exchange books will then describe at least one trading system . This is where they change because some will try and cover every type of system using all of the possible indicators, so that you can pick one that suits you. Others will focus on one system in depth, maybe with 1 or 2 variations but basically following one stream.